Comparison  between COSMIC radio occultation and radionsonde soundings in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Jun Liu; Yan Liu

doi:10.1117/12.2069277

8 November 2014 Comparison between COSMIC radio occultation and radionsonde soundings in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Jun Liu, Yan Liu

Proceedings Volume 9259, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Clouds, and Precipitation V; 92591Y (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2069277
Event: SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing, 2014, Beijing, China

Abstract

Using the Constellation Observation System of Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC) radio occultation (RO) data from December 2008 to November 2009, and the contemporaneous high vertical resolution radiosonde data, the accuracy of COSMIC RO data in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is evaluated. Results show that there is a good consistency between COSMIC refractivity and those calculated from the radiosondes between 5 and 30km altitude both in day and at night. Their annual mean fractional refractivity difference is -0.474%, and standard deviation is 1.056%. It illustrates that the RO data is reliable and may be effectively applied in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for the weather and climate research, or as a reference data to evaluate other observations and the model’ simulations.

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Jun Liu and Yan Liu "Comparison between COSMIC radio occultation and radionsonde soundings in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau", Proc. SPIE 9259, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Clouds, and Precipitation V, 92591Y (8 November 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2069277

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